People have been seen fleeing after a popular Edinburgh landmark went up in flames this afternoon.

A huge brush fire has set the top of Arthur's Seat ablaze, with flames seen for miles across the city.

The fire is sending thick plumes of acrid smoke billowing into the skies over the Scottish capital - with eyewitnesses reportedly seeing people "running down the hill" to escape the flames.

17:26 Ryan Fahey

Arthur's Seat blaze follows biggest wildfire incident in history

Around a month ago, Scotland suffered what is thought to be the largest wildfire the country has ever seen.

Two separate fires, that started a few miles apart, joined up through Dava Moor in Moray and near Carrbridge in the Highlands in June.

It took a huge community effort to put out the blaze, with more than 1

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